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Diversity in gender stereotypes? A comparison of heterosexual, gay and lesbian perspectives
Author(s) -
Clarke Heather M.,
Arnold Kara A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1002/cjas.1437
Subject(s) - lesbian , femininity , psychology , masculinity , heterosexuality , personality , gender studies , diversity (politics) , homosexuality , social psychology , sexual orientation , male homosexuality , developmental psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis , anthropology , medicine , syphilis , men who have sex with men , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Research on gender stereotypes has not examined whether gay men and lesbians hold the same gender stereotypes as heterosexual individuals. To address this gap, we asked participants to indicate how likely they believed it was for a typical gay man, lesbian, heterosexual man, or heterosexual woman to exhibit stereotypical personality traits and engage in stereotypical activities and occupations. Ratings of heterosexual male and female targets' masculinity and femininity were significantly different in the expected direction. However, the difference between the gay man and lesbian target ratings on masculinity and femininity was not statistically significant. Our findings further suggest that gay men and lesbians hold the same gender stereotypes as heterosexuals about both homosexual and heterosexual targets. Copyright © 2017 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.